Practical Exercises in English Part 41

10. The traces of a struggle were seen ---- the tree.

11. They got ---- the carriage and rode away.

12. He has moved ---- New York, where he lives ---- an elegant mansion.

13. He thought that he put the money ---- his pocket, but he found it ---- his shoe.

14. The paper was cut ---- small strips.

15. We stood ---- the landing.

16. The firemen went ---- the roof of the house.

17. He is down ---- the village.

18. What was the matter ---- him?

19. He died ---- a fever.

20. When we were ---- Rome we stayed ---- a small hotel.

21. He lives ---- a frame house ---- Cambridge.

22. Her unladylike behavior gave occasion ---- many unpleasant remarks.

23. Caterpillars change ---- b.u.t.terflies.

24. She lives ---- College Street, ---- No. 1009.

25. It was conducive ---- my comfort.

26. The calm was followed ---- a sudden storm.

27. The soil of Virginia is adapted ---- the production of hemp and tobacco.

28. The flower is excellently adapted ---- catching insects.

29. Congress consists ---- a Senate and a House of Representatives.

30. ---- what does happiness consist?

31. ---- some sentences the conjunction is omitted.

32. A judge who has an interest in a case is disqualified ---- hearing it.

33. He was accused ---- robbery.

34. He died ---- starvation, she ---- pneumonia.

35. You may rely ---- what I say, and confide ---- my honesty.

36. The bird flew ---- the tree.

37. He let the knife fall ---- the creek.

38. What is my grief in comparison ---- that which she bears?

39. Most persons feel an abhorrence ---- snakes.

40. He aspires ---- political distinction.

41. We were disappointed ---- the pleasure of seeing you.

42. There is need ---- great watchfulness.

43. I have been ---- New Orleans, and I am now going ---- New York.

44. We lived ---- a little village ---- the South.

45. I find no difficulty ---- keeping up with my cla.s.s.

46. ---- every cla.s.s of people selfishness prevails.

47. He divided his estate ---- his son, his daughter, and his nephew.

48. He is very different ---- his brother.

49. This was different ---- what I expected.

50. Compare your work ---- his, and you will see the difference.

51. My old yacht was small in comparison ---- this.

52. He is adapted ---- an out-door life.

53. His disobedience was attended ---- serious consequences.

54. His mother was overcome ---- grief.

55. We were accompanied ---- our parents.

56. A man should try to rid himself ---- prejudice.

57. He will profit ---- his experience.

58. The room was redolent ---- the perfume.

59. You must conform ---- the rules.

60. Fondness ---- horses was his leading trait.

61. We felt the need ---- some adviser.

62. I cannot reconcile this a.s.sertion ---- your other one.

63. Let us cut it ---- three equal parts.

64. He is acquitted ---- all blame.

65. The Pope absolved him ---- his oath of allegiance.

66. This fact does not accord ---- her declaration.

67. I do not agree ---- you; therefore I cannot agree ---- your proposal.

68. The queen bestowed ---- Tennyson the t.i.tle of baron.

69. The college has conferred ---- my uncle the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

70. The two emperors conferred ---- each other for an hour.

71. He is conversant ---- many languages.

72. They were independent ---- each other.

73. His sisters are dependent ---- him.

74. That is not derogatory ---- their character.

75. I dissent ---- that proposition.

76. We are glad ---- his promotion.

77. He has a taste ---- poetry; she, a thirst ---- knowledge.

78. In 1842 he emerged ---- obscurity.

79. His property was merged ---- the common stock.

80. She often went ---- town shopping.

81. He plunged ---- the deepest part of the lake.

82. These bands of Indians were accompanied ---- settlers from Detroit.

83. The settlers were in company ---- Indians.

84. His proposal is likely to stir up ill-will ---- the various cla.s.ses.

85. The Greeks, fearing that they would be surrounded, wheeled about and halted, with the river ---- their backs.

86. We are within three miles ---- Salisbury.

OMITTED PREPOSITIONS.[138]--"Beware of omitting a preposition that is needed to make the meaning clear or the sentence grammatical."[139]

"Before 'home' the preposition 'at' should never be omitted, but the preposition 'to' is always omitted: _e.g.,_ 'I am going home.'"[138]

[137] In this exercise the pupil must rely chiefly on his knowledge of English usage or on a dictionary. In some of the sentences more than one preposition is allowable, according to the sense.

[138] "Foundations," p. 149.

[139] Ibid., p. 150.

EXERCISE Lx.x.xIV.

_Insert the necessary prepositions in the following sentences:_--

1. What use is this piece of ribbon?

2. The oak was five feet diameter.

3. My business prevented me attending the last meeting of the committee.

4. I could not refrain shedding tears.

5. The remark is worthy the fool that made it.

6. It is unworthy your notice.

7. He lives the other side the river.

8. He fled the country, and went either to England or France.

9. Ignorance is the mother of fear as well as admiration.